I'm full into my Ingebrigtsen mania. Now that I'm a subscriber to Norway's largest newspaper, I check their website regularly for updates on the Ingebrigtsen. Here is what I learned today via google translate.

Aftenposten wrote:

Nearly 1,4 million TV viewers at NRK

NRK reports that a total of 1,372 million viewers saw the final of 1500 meters, 69.5 percent of all who watched Friday night, saw Jakob Ingebrigtenen's first racing race.

The next day the actual number was a bit lower, but the percentage of those watching TV Saturday night was higher, 70.4 per cent. 1,145 million people filled gold and silver ran to Jakob and Henrik Ingebrigtsen.

The seertall was also very good Thursday evening, 914,000, so Karsten Warholm took gold at 400m hekt, a share of 66 percent of all who watched television.

I'm full into my Ingebrigtsen mania. Now that I'm a subscriber to Norway's largest newspaper, I check their website regularly for updates on the Ingebrigtsen. Here is what I learned today via google translate.

Aftenposten wrote:

Nearly 1,4 million TV viewers at NRK

NRK reports that a total of 1,372 million viewers saw the final of 1500 meters, 69.5 percent of all who watched Friday night, saw Jakob Ingebrigtenen's first racing race.

The next day the actual number was a bit lower, but the percentage of those watching TV Saturday night was higher, 70.4 per cent. 1,145 million people filled gold and silver ran to Jakob and Henrik Ingebrigtsen.

The seertall was also very good Thursday evening, 914,000, so Karsten Warholm took gold at 400m hekt, a share of 66 percent of all who watched television.

You couldn't even google what the population of Norway is before posting and looking silly? It's clear you are misinterpreting what they are representing in that figure, as there are over 5 million people living there.

You couldn't even google what the population of Norway is before posting and looking silly? It's clear you are misinterpreting what they are representing in that figure, as there are over 5 million people living there.

If Magnus Carlsen can get a million of them to watch chess, I'm not surprised that Jakob can get a few more to watch a track event:

You didn't read what I wrote. Nor do you understand tv ratings. I wrote that 70% of Norwegians watching TV tuned in. I"m well aware that there are 5 million people in Norway.

I said 70% of the people watching tv were watching them. It's called a ratings share.

From Wikipedia, for the US, Nielsen may report a show as receiving a 4.4/8 during its broadcast; this would mean that out of all television-equipped households (that is to say homes with a TV set, not total number of people), 4.4% were tuned in to that program, while among those households watching TV at the time 8% of them watched."

What I gave you was the second number.

And I didn't make up that number. It came from a newspaper article that I clearly cited.

You couldn't even google what the population of Norway is before posting and looking silly? It's clear you are misinterpreting what they are representing in that figure, as there are over 5 million people living there.

Sounds like you're misinterpreting it, not him. The thread title clearly says 70% of those watching TV, not 70% of the living population.

You couldn't even google what the population of Norway is before posting and looking silly? It's clear you are misinterpreting what they are representing in that figure, as there are over 5 million people living there.

If Magnus Carlsen can get a million of them to watch chess, I'm not surprised that Jakob can get a few more to watch a track event:

You didn't read what I wrote. Nor do you understand tv ratings. I wrote that 70% of Norwegians watching TV tuned in. I"m well aware that there are 5 million people in Norway.

I said 70% of the people watching tv were watching them. It's called a ratings share.

From Wikipedia, for the US, Nielsen may report a show as receiving a 4.4/8 during its broadcast; this would mean that out of all television-equipped households (that is to say homes with a TV set, not total number of people), 4.4% were tuned in to that program, while among those households watching TV at the time 8% of them watched."

What I gave you was the second number.

And I didn't make up that number. It came from a newspaper article that I clearly cited.

For once the poster with good reading comprehensions and correct grammar was Rojo??? I nearly fell over!

You couldn't even google what the population of Norway is before posting and looking silly? It's clear you are misinterpreting what they are representing in that figure, as there are over 5 million people living there.

If Magnus Carlsen can get a million of them to watch chess, I'm not surprised that Jakob can get a few more to watch a track event:

You didn't read what I wrote. Nor do you understand tv ratings. I wrote that 70% of Norwegians watching TV tuned in. I"m well aware that there are 5 million people in Norway.

I said 70% of the people watching tv were watching them. It's called a ratings share.

From Wikipedia, for the US, Nielsen may report a show as receiving a 4.4/8 during its broadcast; this would mean that out of all television-equipped households (that is to say homes with a TV set, not total number of people), 4.4% were tuned in to that program, while among those households watching TV at the time 8% of them watched."

What I gave you was the second number.

And I didn't make up that number. It came from a newspaper article that I clearly cited.

Serious question: is it any easier to watch track in Norway? A ton of US events are behind paywalls and when they are on tv they're not always on NBC, they're on NBC Sports or the Olympic Channel. In Norway can you just pop on the tv and find track on a popular channel?